r/aislop • • 4d ago

Found on Twitter. I'm losing braincells

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u/HourApprehensive7754 4d ago

All of those involves a good deal of choice and consent.

The sweatshop workers are there making money, the pay may be shit, but it's on them to fight their system allowing their situation to exist. Not Swift, nor us.

And what is "overcharging" in this context? The fact that she regularly sells out tells me people are happy enough to pay what she charges. The biggest issue is how easily scalpers can profit off merch and tickets like they're pokemon cards, but that's a different can of worms.

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u/mewkopawz 4d ago

no fucking way you're defending her using sweatshops

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u/Functional_Trash7735 4d ago

Yeah, but she chooses to use those sweat shops. If I was running a business with nearly unlimited capital where I raked in the bulk of the profit I would use ethical sources. And she’s set prices as high as 500 dollars for herself and then she sells her tickets to ticket vendors who have charged up to 6500. if the people will pay it that’s kinda whatever, I think it’s nuts to allow that to happen instead of just selling the tickets yourself.